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salary of, pp. 594, 794; Inyo, fees of, p. 799; Lake, salary of, p. 441; Lassen, salary of, p. 189; Los Angeles, salary of, p. 158; Placer, fees of, p. 799; Plumas, salary of, p. 733; Sacramento, salary for deputy, p. 863; Sacramento, fees of, p. 863; San Diego, duties of, p. 203; San Luis Obispo, salary of, p. 426; San Joaquin, salary and fees of, p. 874; Santa Barbara, to petition for letters of administration, p. 381; Santa Cruz, when fees charged to county, p. 440; Shasta, fees of, p. 799; Sierra, collection of delinquent taxes, p. 693; Siskiyou, to represent county in investigation of claim of James E. Carr, p. 32; Solano, salary of, p. 624; Tehama, salary of, p. 755; Tuolumne, to petition for letters of administration, p. 381; Duties concerning annexation of new territory to cities and towns, p. 51; see, also, Sec. 4364, post; Salary of, Stats. 1872, p. 653; see Sec. 4330, post, where this amendment is inserted.

ARTICLE IX.

County Surveyor to make

surveys on application made to him.

SURVEYOR.

SECTION 4268. County Surveyor to make surveys on application made

to him.

4269. Surveys of lands in two counties.

4270. Disputes before Court concerning title to lands in two

counties.

4271. Courses to be run by true meridian.

4272. Surveyor to employ assistants, when.

4273. Surveyor to transmit plats and field notes to Surveyor

General when required.

4274. To assist Surveyor General, when.

4275. When County Surveyor is interested in lands, Court

to appoint some other person.

4268. The Surveyor must make any survey that may be required by the order of Court, or upon application of any person, keep a correct and fair record of all surveys made by him, number them in the order made progressively, and preserve a copy of the field notes and calculations of each survey, indorse thereon its proper number, a copy of which, and a fair and accurate plat, together with the certificate of survey, must be furnished by him to any person upon payment of the fees allowed by law.

NOTE. See same references to officers generally, Secs. 220, 920-926, 1014-1016, ante, and notes; and those to the Penal Code Cal.; see, also, note to Sec. 4103, ante. A private survey cannot be said to afford legal evidence.-Rose vs. Davis, 11 Cal., p. 133. Descriptions of survey and conventional lines or boundaries. See Sneed vs. Woodward, 30 Cal., p. 430. When one making a survey who is not the official Surveyor may give evidence.-Doherty vs. Thayer, 31 Cal., p.

140.

4269. Any person owning or claiming lands which are divided by county lines, and wishing to have the same surveyed, may apply to the Surveyor of any county in which any part of such land is situated, and on such application being made the Surveyor must make the survey, which is as valid as though the lands were situated entirely within the county.

Surveys of two

lands in

counties.

before

concerning

4270. When land, the title to which is in dispute Disputes before any Court, is divided by a county line, the Court Court making an order of survey may direct the order title to to the Surveyor of any county in which any part of counties. the land is situated.

NOTE.-Stats. 1850, p. 170, Sec. 9.

lands in

two

be run

meridian.

4271. In all surveys the courses must be expressed Courses to according to the true meridian, and the variation of by true the magnetic meridian from the true meridian must be expressed on the plat, with the date of the survey. NOTE.-Stats. 1850, p. 170, Sec. 10.

to employ

when.

4272. If a party for whom a survey is made does Surveyor not furnish the chainmen and markers, the Surveyor assistants, may employ the necessary chainmen and markers, and receive the reasonable hire of all assistance necessarily employed.

NOTE.-Stats. 1850, p. 170, Sec. 12.

Surveyor

to transmit

field notes

4273. Each County Surveyor, immediately after plats and making any survey, except surveys of city or town lots, must make out a copy of the field notes and plat,

to Surveyor when

General

To assist
Surveyor

General,
when.

When
County

interested

and transmit the same to the Surveyor General, indicating plainly upon the plat at what point of any line any river or stream or county line is touched or crossed. He must communicate to the Surveyor General such information concerning surveys made by him, and other matters connected with the duties of his office, as may be required.

NOTE.-Stats. 1850, p. 170, Sec. 13.

4274. Each County Surveyor must, when required, aid and assist the Surveyor General in making surveys within the county.

NOTE.-Stats. 1850, p. 170, Sec. 14.

4275. When the County Surveyor is interested in Surveyor is any land the title to which is in dispute and a survey thereof is necessary, the Court must direct the survey some other to be made by some disinterested person, and the per

in lands,

Court to appoint

person.

son so appointed is for that purpose authorized to administer and certify oaths. He must return such survey, verified by his affidavit annexed thereto, and receive for his services the same fees as the County Surveyor would be entitled to for similar services.

NOTE.-Stats. 1850, p. 170, Sec. 4. For local and special Acts, see Stats. 1871-2, subjects and pages following, relating to County Surveyor. El Dorado, bond of, p. 412; Fresno, to survey county line, p. 891; Mariposa, to survey county line, p. 891; San Francisco, duties concerning opening of Montgomery Avenue, pp. 911-924; San Luis Obispo, fees of, p. 426; Ventura, bond of, p. 488.

ARTICLE X.

CORONER.

SECTION 4285. Coroner to hold inquest.

4286. Coroner to bury body, when.

4287. To deliver to County Treasurer property, etc., found

on body.

4288. Auditing accounts of Coroner.

4289. Justice of Peace to act as Coroner in certain cases.

4290. Coroner to discharge duties of Sheriff when.

hold

4285. The Coroner must hold inquests as pre- Coroner to scribed in Chapter II, Title XII, Part II of THE PENAL inquest. CODE.

NOTE.-See general references in notes to Secs. 4103 and 4268, ante. Penal Code Cal., Secs. 1510-1519, and notes.

bury body,

4286. When an inquest is held by the Coroner, Coroner to and no other person, takes charge of the body of the when. deceased, he must cause it to be decently interred; and if there is not sufficient property belonging to the estate of the deceased to pay the necessary expenses of the burial, the expenses are a legal charge against the county.

to County

property,

4287. The Coroner must, within thirty days after To deliver an inquest upon a dead body, deliver to the County Treasurer Treasurer or the legal representatives of the deceased etc., found any money or other property found upon the body.

on body.

accounts of

Coroner.

4288. Before auditing or allowing the accounts of Auditing the Coroner, the Supervisors must require him to file with the Clerk of the Board a statement in writing, verified by his affidavit, showing:

1. The amount of money or other property belonging to the estate of the deceased person which has come into his possession since his last statement;

2. The disposition made of such property.

4289. If the office of Coroner is vacant, or he is absent or unable to attend, the duties of his office may be discharged by any Justice of the Peace of the county, with the like authority and subject to the same obligations and penalties as the Coroner.

4290. In the cases specified in Article IV of this Chapter, the Coroner must discharge the duties of

Sheriff.

Justice of

Peace to

act as

certain

cases.

Coroner to duties of

discharge

Sheriff, when.

NOTE.-See Sec. 4191, ante.

30-VOL. II.

Stats. 1871-2, p. 796.

An Act to provide for Public Administrators in

certain cases.

[Approved March 30, 1872.]

[Enacting clause.]

SECTION 1. If the Public Administrator of any county of this State fails to qualify, or in person fails to perform the duties of his office, the Coroner of such county shall be ex officio Public Administrator; and in case both Public Administrator and Coroner fail to qualify, or to perform the duties appertaining thereto, the Supervisors shall appoint a suitable person to be Public Administrator; and all laws applicable to the qualification, powers, duties, and compensation of Public Administrator shall apply to the Coroner or appointee of the Supervisors as aforesaid.

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Stats. 1871-2, p. 81.

An Act concerning the attendance of physicians and surgeons in certain cases, and to provide payment for making chemical and post-mortem examinations.

[Approved February 8, 1872.]

[Enacting clause.]

SECTION 1. The Coroner or other officer holding an inquest upon the body of a deceased person may summon a physician or surgeon to inspect the body, or a chemist to make an analysis of the contents of the stomach, or the tissues of the body of the deceased, and to give a professional opinion as to the cause of the death.

SEC. 2. Any physician, surgeon, or chemist professionally attending as a witness on an inquest, or upon a trial of any person charged with murder or manslaughter, or in cases de lunatico inquirendo, as above provided, shall be allowed a reasonable compensation for such attendance or examination by the Board of Supervisors, upon the written certificate of the Court or officer requiring such services, as to the extent and supposed value of the same; provided, that such certificate shall not be conclusive as to the amount of compensation.

See special and local Acts 1871-2, subjects and pages as follows, relating to Coroner: Contra Costa, Public Administrator to act as, p. 170; El Dorado, bond of, p. 412; Merced, official bond, p. 21; San Francisco,

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